Dr. Andreanna Bütter appointed Chair/Chief, Division of Paediatric Surgery
Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Andreana Bütter as Chair/Chief, Division of Pediatric
Surgery, Department of Surgery, effective May 1, 2021 for a five-year term.
Dr. Bütter completed medical school at the University of Ottawa and General Surgery residency at Western University. During residency, she also pursued a year of research at the Montreal Children’s Hospital in fetal surgery and congenital diaphragmatic hernia, which culminated in a Master of Science degree from McGill University in 2001. After residency, she returned to Montreal for a Pediatric Surgery fellowship at Sainte Justine Hospital (Université de Montréal). In 2005, she joined the Division of Pediatric Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital (LHSC) as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery. In 2012, she was promoted to Associate Professor, and in 2020 to full Professor, becoming one of the first female Professors of Surgery at Western University.
In 2018, Dr. Bütter was elected Chair of the Canadian Undergraduate Surgical Education Committee (CUSEC) and became Chair and founding member of the Canadian Conference for the Advancement of Surgical Education (C-CASE). She has been the Vice-Chair of the Pediatric Surgery Board Examination Committee at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada since 2019 and was previously member of the Pediatric Surgery Specialty Committee. She also serves as the faculty lead for numerous Schlulich Medicine & Dentistry groups. Dr. Bütter has received funding from the AMOSO Innovation Fund, the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, and most recently received a Collaborative Research Seed Grant from Schulich Medicine & Dentistry. Her clinical and research areas of interest include congenital diaphragmatic hernia, bracing for pectus carinatum, nonoperative management of appendicitis and minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Bütter helped to develop the first Canadian Robotic Pediatric Surgery Program and she is a member of the Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS) and the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative (PSORC).
Dr. Bütter succeeds Dr. Leslie Scott, who has led the Division of Pediatric Surgery for more than 10 years. Under Dr. Scott’s leadership, the Division has grown substantially since its early beginnings. Bringing together a group of 20 members from eight sub-specialties, Dr. Scott fostered an inclusive, collaborative and diverse membership which has been instrumental to its success. The Division is proud to provide high quality surgical care to the children in our community as well as being leaders in surgical education and research.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Bütter and in thanking Dr. Scott for her leadership.
Sincerely,
Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCSC
Richard Ivey Professor & Chair/Chief, Department of Surgery
